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Western
Horseman - Drive from Behind
by Kate Bradley
Western Horseman - The Drive
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Casey Deary and Wimp Daddy. >
Nicole Deary after Casey’s Futurity run. >
Nicole Deary and Tagged My Chic. >
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Equine Chronicle Article 2011 Las Vegas
(All About Our Wins)
Nicole shares how the pair met when they
were 15 and both competing in 4H. “He
had Reining horses and Stock horses and
I had done the all around. We both did
horse judging, and that was the extent
of our showing. It was always my dream
to go to an NRHA show or to qualify for
the Quarter Horse World Show. I thought
it doesn’t get any better than that.
We were friends a really long time. I
moved away to school and moved back. I
ran into him at the Paint World Show in
2000 and he was working for Clint
Haverty. Casey had been in an accident
when he was 16, and he had 8 of his
front teeth knocked out. He went without
those teeth for 3 years. We dated when
he had no teeth, and I wouldn’t kiss
him.” Casey chimes in “That was the
longest year of my life!” Nicole
continues, “Then we were married in
2002, we were running the business and I
had a job. After 3 years we had Wyatt
our Short Stirrup son, followed in 2008
by our second son Owen.”
Casey will tell you that he is part of
Nicole’s business, not the other way
around “She does all of the office work,
all the billing, entries, hotels, and
contacting clients about the show
schedule. The pair juggles 55-60 horses
at home, 30 of which are in the show
barn, as well as training clients that
haul in for lessons and meet up with
them at shows, many of them Non Pros. We
take about 25-30 horses to our local
shows and half of those are haul-ins
because there really isn’t anyone in our
area that will let them take a $40 or
$50 lesson and then give them help at
the horse show. There are a lot of
people out there who can’t afford to
keep a horse in training, and I’ve got
to make sure that they have the
availability to get the help and be able
to go to a show.”
Nicole’s philosophy is all or nothing “I
am competitive and I take it really
seriously. I go to the shows 90% of the
time, we go as a family and I love that.
I don’t get to show very often. I think
I showed 3 times last year, and this
year Reining By The Bay and here, and
this will probably be my last one. Now
that I’m pregnant and the baby is due in
March, this is great timing for me.”
Both Casey and Nicole’s parents became
involved in horses after their children
did. The mare Tagged My Chic was
actually bought for Nicole’s mother “We
bought her from the Schmersal’s, Ginger
Schmersal’s father raised her. We found
her in November before the Futurity, and
my mother said that she would like Casey
to train her and finish her, and then my
mom would get to show her as a 4-year
old. I started riding her before Reining
By The Bay, and took her there and won a
Novice Horse Non Pro class there, my
mother showed her in Ft. Worth in all 4
divisions and marked a 211.5 and won
$1,800. It was a real thrill, my mother
had never scored that high.” Casey who
coaches his mother-in-law adds, “I was
in shock.”
The game plan was for Nicole to get the
mare in the pen and then her mother
would show her in the Non Pro Derby. “I
schooled her and marked a 71.5, so I
entered everything in the Non Pro
classes. The mare is very true, very
honest, and she doesn’t take one step
without you telling her. She doesn’t
have any cheat in her, and she stops
really, really big. “ The strategy paid
off and the pair marked a 147.0 to win 3
out of 4 of their classes.
On the other hand, Wimp Daddy, Casey’s
Futurity horse came to him by way of
Mexico. “We got him in late January of
his 3-year old year. It was a miracle
that he survived the quarantine (in
Mexico) without a scratch. The owners
were customers of mine for several years
and I coached their son. They called me
and asked if I would take this horse. He
came, wasn’t scared and does a lot of
nice things, so the horse fits me really
well. The initial plan was for the son
to get to show him, so I told the son
that I was going to break his legs if he
tried to take the horse! They laughed.
They are very pleased to see him be so
successful in the Open. I’m just going
to school him a couple of times before
the Futurity, and then let him rest and
get strong.”
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